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Carrie Underwood is remembering one of her most loyal songwriters, Brett James. A day after James died in a plane crash, the country queen shared a touching tribute, honoring his life and their work together over many decades. “Some things are just unfathomable. The loss of Brett James to his …

Dua Lipa paid homage to another hometown classic Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, performing a cover of Blondie’s “One Way or Another” during her Radical Optimism tour. “Here in New York, I’m actually spoiled with the choice,” she told the crowd, before revealing, “tonight we thought we could do …

Pop Doja is coming next week — and we now know the names of all the new songs. On Friday, Doja Cat shared the track list for her Eighties-influenced Vie, out Sept. 26. The track list includes not a single featured guest, but will have songs titled “Couples Therapy,” “All …

The deluxe edition of D4vd’s debut album, Withered, was not released as planned, and his upcoming canceled, amid an ongoing investigation into the decomposing body of a missing teenager found in a Tesla registered to the singer. The expanded album, Withered: Marcescence, was set to arrive today, but it has …

A singer who claims Jason Derulo sexually harassed her and then turned “deeply hostile” when she rebuffed his advances has resurrected her previously dismissed lawsuit against the platinum-selling artist and Atlantic Records by filing it in New York. Emaza Gibson, known professionally as Emaza Dilan, first sued Derulo and Atlantic …

Trent Reznor usually keeps his highbrow Oscar-winning soundtrack composer side relatively separate from his main gig running Nine Inch Nails. But the soundtrack he and longtime collaborator Atticus Ross have cooked up for TRON: Ares is the first time he’s ever slapped the NIN brand on his film work. The …

The 36th annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards show felt a little different this go-round. Sure, the annual gathering of the genre overtook Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the first time this past week. But the bigger story was Billy Strings, who was in attendance to receive Entertainer of the Year honors. …

It’s been nine days since Charlie Kirk‘s assassination, and the senseless tragedy continues to reverberate throughout the culture. Jimmy Kimmel’s ABC show has been indefinitely suspended over statements he made early in the week about the gunman’s supposed political leanings, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution creating a “National Day …

Cole Chaney sees up-close just how critical his home state of Kentucky has been to the country music landscape over the past two decades. He has watched Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers, and Sturgill Simpson grind their way from bar acts to stadium headliners, largely on the strength of original songwriting …

Yusuf/Cat Stevens warned fans in the United States that his upcoming tour — scheduled to start in early October — is in “serious jeopardy” due to ongoing visa issues. A post shared on the singer-songwriter’s Instagram noted there have been “significant delays in U.S. immigration processing.” And despite “exhaustive efforts,” …